Brooder



G. LESLEY BRooDER Filed Nov. 20, 1922 2 Sheet'slSheet 1 n v In/manioc@zones Lasne-Y.

atto/cmq K Cai. LESLN' BROODER Filed Nov. 20, 1922 2 Sheets-Shea?. 2

PATENT OFFICE.

GERGE LESLEY, 0T? PERU, INDANA.

is invention relates to new and useful. improvements in broeders.

The prinoipal'object of my invention is to provide a douhlecompartnientbroeder for chicks which is simpie and economical in construction andsuperior to similar devices .novi on the market.

.la further object of my invention is to de a broeder which may be usedoutand 'with equal success in summer or role pa timilariy pointed out inthe apH iid d claim. in the accompanying drawings, which are rillustrative purposes only and are thereifore not drawn to scalanire iis a iront elevation oi. Ia broeder,

lying my improvements.

fre 2 is a horizontal section, taken on W2 of Figure l.. eure is avertical longitudinal section, tal-:en on line SW3 of Figure 2.

Figure t is an end view of the brooder ymid ligure a vertical transversesection talren on iine fig-5 of lligure 3.

l l ,rifing to the drawings for amore pan 'ticular de cription 0f myinvention and in which drawings like parts are ldesignated by likereference characters throughout the several views, i designates thebroeder which is of general rectangular forni and divided into the upperand lower compartments B and C by the horizontal Wall or partition D.ifhe compartment is divided into e larger and smaller compartments l andby the transverse Wall or partition com Aartlnent 2' being'used as aScratch pen for chicks, and communicating with com- .artinent l by thepassage 4f in partition normally closed by the sliding door 51 l irontwail of compartment 2 is proded with a screen 6 and the outer side lwith a hinged door 8 normally heid by the latch 9. The iront 'wall oicompartment l is provided with a hinged door l0 provided with a glasspanel Ll.

"lie lower compartment C is provided a rectangular lamp housing E formedby the pe rlo ated end and side Walls 12 and 'lh respecaveiy, iii'vvhichis mounted the n vu Serial No. 602,684.

'19 ci" the earthen jug-shaped heating drum 20 mounted in compartment Bover the lamp.

in practice, the 'fresh air rst passes into the lamp housing E via theperforations in the side and end Walls thereof, thence through theopenings 17 and 19 into the earthen jug-like heating drum 2O and thenthrough a series of vertical openings or vents '2l in the inner roof aof the broeder into the space b between the inner and outer roofs a andc, finally passing to the exterior or outside via the vents d at theends of the broeder. The vent openings 2l arev covered by Ithe casing22of substantially Asemi-circular form in cross section and open atopposite ends, as shown. This casing prevents a direct draft from themouth or neck 24 of the heating drum through the openings 2l and insuresthe proper c'ircu lation of the heated air in compartment i3 beforepassing to the outside or exterior of the broeder With the foul orvtiated air.

The chicks are rst placedfin the upper compartment and after three Weeksmay be removed to the lower compartment i) as others are hatched.

From the foregoinw description taken in connection with the 'ravvinga itis thought that the construction7 operation and advan tages oflmyinvention will be readily understood without requiring a more extendedex planation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and minor details ofconstruction may' be resorted to Without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having described my invention, what claim as nevv and desired to secureby Letters Patent, is z A broeder divided intoupper and lowercon'ipartments by a horizontal partition, the roof ofthe broeder 'formedWith a longi tudinal series of vent openings and said artition formedwith a vertical opening,` a gugdilre drum of heat resisting materialmounted in the upper compartmentupon said partition, said drum formed inits bot- -tom with an opening of less diameter than -wwm 2 ment encezsngthe lamp and e horizontally .1.0

dispose hollow casing secured to the bottom of the roof of the brooderdirectly over the dmn'.9 said casing covering the vent openings and itsopposite ends extending beyond top of the drum.

In testmeny whereof I ax my signe ture. 4

' GEORGE LESLEY.

